As the holiday season begins, I am writing to thank you. You are the voice of change – our partner in transforming the justice system. You keep going when the challenges are exhausting. You step up when you’re needed the most. All of us at EJUSA feel how much you care, and we’re stronger for… Continue reading Thankful for you
Category: Ready for launch
#GiveAndShare for EJUSA
#GivingTuesday, the largest day of giving in the world, is next week. Tuesday, November 27 to be exact. EJUSA has a big #GivingTuesday goal to match our big plans for 2019: $10,000. In one day. Ambitious? We can do it together if you can do just two things: Give and Share. Give to EJUSA anytime between… Continue reading #GiveAndShare for EJUSA
Seeking “dignity-based” justice | Reimagining Justice This Month, November 2018
Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Seeking Dignity-Based Justice, Institute for Family StudiesSo much of the violence in our society has its root in childhood trauma, and too often our responses to that violence only perpetuate the same… Continue reading Seeking “dignity-based” justice | Reimagining Justice This Month, November 2018
Reckoning with historical trauma | Reimagining Justice This Month
Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. ‘They Was Killing Black People:’ In Tulsa, one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history still haunts the city with unresolved questions, even as ‘Black Wall Street’ gentrifies, The… Continue reading Reckoning with historical trauma | Reimagining Justice This Month
Washington State’s death penalty ruled unconstitutional
In a 9-0 ruling, the Washington State Supreme Court has declared the state’s death penalty unconstitutional. Washington is now without a death penalty and becomes the 20th state in the country to reject capital punishment. Statement by Shari Silberstein, Executive Director of Equal Justice USA: “The Washington State Supreme Court today declared what we have… Continue reading Washington State’s death penalty ruled unconstitutional
We need to decriminalize trauma. | Reimagining Justice This Month
Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Are you registered to vote? Many key criminal justice issues at the local, state, and national levels will be impacted by elections. Visit vote.org to confirm your registration or to learn how to register… Continue reading We need to decriminalize trauma. | Reimagining Justice This Month
Announcing Fall 2018 Police/Community trainings in Newark
Dates for the Fall Series of EJUSA’s From Trauma to Trust: Police/Community Collaborative Training have just been announced. The goal of this training is to understand the symptoms of community trauma and vicarious trauma as well as build necessary skills to address and problem-solve when trauma arises. These trainings will focus on the development and… Continue reading Announcing Fall 2018 Police/Community trainings in Newark
Pope declares death penalty “inadmissible” in all cases
Earlier this month, Pope Francis declared that the death penalty is never admissible and always unacceptable, pledging that the Catholic Church will work for its abolition world wide. This declaration is a step along a path that has been paved by previous Popes, stretching back to the 1960’s, when Pope Paul VI removed the death penalty from fundamental… Continue reading Pope declares death penalty “inadmissible” in all cases
The fight to end the death penalty lives on in New Hampshire
Thank you to all of you who signed our petition to end the death in New Hampshire. Because of you, our partners at the New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NHCADP) were able to deliver a huge stack of 56,502 signatures (wow!) to Governor Chris Sununu on May 15, after a press conference with… Continue reading The fight to end the death penalty lives on in New Hampshire
From slavery to lynching, mass incarceration, & the death penalty | Reimagining Justice This Month
Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. A Visit to Montgomery’s Legacy Museum, The New Yorker Recently, EJUSA staff visited the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, AL, to reflect upon history of and… Continue reading From slavery to lynching, mass incarceration, & the death penalty | Reimagining Justice This Month